The efficacy and function of Caryopteris

Chinese medicinal materials are very common, and there are many types of them. There are also some differences in their efficacy. Therefore, you need to have a good understanding before choosing. Do you know about the medicinal material Caryopteris?

【Alias】

Blue Vanilla

【source】

Medicinal material source: the flowers and leaves of the Verbenaceae plant Caryopteris vulgaris.

[Original form]

Caryopteris sphaerocephala is a small shrub with a fragrant plant, 0.5-1m tall. The young branches are densely covered with white hairs and glandular dots. Simple leaves are opposite; petiole 3-9mm long at the lower part, gradually becoming sessile upwards; leaf blade is papery, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, 1-3cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, obtuse at the apex, truncated to rounded at the base, serrated at the margin, with villi and glandular dots on both sides, especially densely on the dorsal surface; 6-8 pairs of lateral veins, often covered with villi on the dorsal surface. The inflorescence is nearly capitate, axillary or terminal, densely covered with long hairs, and the peduncle is about 1 cm long; the calyx is campanulate, persistent, about 3 mm long, and increases to 6 mm when fruiting, the lobes are oblong-lanceolate, densely covered with long hairs and glandular dots on the outside; the corolla is about 6 mm long, light blue or lavender, 5-lobed in the upper part, two-lipped, the lobe in the lower lip is larger, the edge is fringed, the lobe has long hairs and glandular dots on the outside, the corolla tube is about 5 mm long, with a hair ring at the throat; 4 stamens and the style extend out of the corolla tube; the ovary is glabrous. The capsule is oblong, about 2-3mm long, usually enclosed in the calyx, with 4 lobes, and the edges of the lobes have inconspicuous wings or are almost wingless. Flowering and fruiting period is August-September.

【Habitat distribution】

Ecological environment: Grown in hillside shrubs or river valley dry grasslands at an altitude of 2700-3300m.

【Chemical composition】

The main components of its aromatic oil are α-thujene, α-pinene, camphene, sabinene, β-pinene, β-myrcene, α-terpinene, ρ-cymene, limonene, β-phellandrene, α-terpinolene, α-copaene, β-caryophyllene, L-romadendrene, α-humu-lene, β-bisabolene and δ-cadinene.

【Nature and flavor】

Spicy; warm

【Function and indications】

Dispel wind and relieve pain. Mainly used for headache and rheumatic pain

【Usage and Dosage】

For internal use: decoction.

【extract】

Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a brief introduction to the effects of Caryopteris, and I hope it will be helpful to all my friends. In general, the health-preserving effects of Caryopteris are very powerful, so you can use Caryopteris in your daily life to better promote your health.